google and the world brain
technology documentary hosted by ben lewis, published by bbc
broadcasted as part of bbc storyville series in 2013
english narration
documentary which tells the story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the internet and the
people who tried to stop it. in 1937 hg wells predicted the creation of the 'world brain', a giant global
library that contained all human knowledge which would lead to a new form of higher intelligence. 70
years later the realisation of that dream was under way, as google scanned millions of books for its
google books website. however, over half those books were still in copyright and authors across the
world launched a campaign to stop them, climaxing in a new york courtroom in 2011. a film about the
dreams, dilemmas and dangers of the internet, set in spectacular locations in china, usa, europe and
latin america.
a polar star films & b.l.t.v ltd production.
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video bitrate: crf 20
video resolution: 1280x720
video aspect ratio: 16:9
audio codec: he-aac
audio bitrate: 128 kbps abr 48khz
audio channels: 2
run-time: 89 mins
framerate: 25fps
number of parts: 1
part size: 1.56 gb
source: hdtv
encoded by: jungleboy
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